"I asked her. It's her own child. The child looks like her too." Raina was a little embarrassed when she thought of Barbara's mockery towards her. Barbara had been infertile but now she had a gorgeous son. Meanwhile Dexter was now a childless divorcee. She on the other hand, did not have a grandson too. The more she thought about it the more unresigned she felt."Does Dexter know about this?" Emily prompted."Probably not. You know his temper, he treats Barbara like his life. If he knows that she's fertile, he will raise hell!" As she spoke, she suddenly remembered the fact Emily was going to Dexter soon. "Don't worry. Even if Dexter learns about it, it won't change anything. Since Barbara already has a child she must have married someone else. It won't affect you and Dexter"Even Raina herself felt like she had no confidence in saying the last sentence.Emily was silent. She was not worried about the fact that Barbara was now fertile. Rather she was more worried about whether the chi
Dexter's everyday repeated itself. He drove to Southlake residence again in a trance the next day. Unexpectedly, he saw Eden playing with a ball alone on the field in the neighborhood.Seeing Eden, his heart missed a beat. He was not particularly fond of children but he felt warm and comfortable when he saw Eden. That feeling of familiarity surprised him. He thought thar it was probably because of his love for Barbara. That must be the reason he also likes her son.Eden did joy notice that Dexter was standing quietly on the side and looking at him. He focused on playing the ball as he counted, "one, two, three...."All of a sudden, the ball in his hand rolled to the side. Just then, a bald man, Brock came over with his son, Tim. Tim looked like he was older than Eden. When he saw the ball, he immediately picked it and held it in his hand.Eden saw them and said, "Give it back to me""No!" Tim was bring hefty because he had an adult by his side. When Brock noticed that Tim was going to
"Have you forgotten what I said before? Don't talk to strangers! There are a lot of bad guys in this world!" Barbara reminded."Mr Lorenzo is no stranger and he is not a bad person either!" Eden argued.Barbara's head started to ache. Why would Eden have such strong feelings towards Dexter who was just a mere stranger to him? Could it be that blood truly was thicker than water?She couldn't afford to let Eden abd Dexter get close to each other! She couldn't take such a risk! Barbara hissed with a cold face. "Are you disobeying my words?""Barbara why are you so afraid of me?" Dexter looked at Barbara abd suddenly chinned in."Afraid of you? Why will I be afraid of you?" Barbara asked back."Since you're not, why are you afraid of taking my car?" Dexter retorted."Who said I was?" Barbara squealed, her voice raising in a crescendo."If you're not afraid then why don't you get in?" Dexter answered.Under Dexter's provocation, Barbara opened the car door. After getting in the car, she f
Dexter parked his car at the entrance. At the same time, Raina had also reached their house in her car. The duo went into the villa both irate. The maid Lorain bush was shocked when she saw Raina's sorry state. She asked, "what's wrong?" Raina didn't answer Loraine. She threw her purse on the sofa and hissed, "Let's talk!" "Okay!" Dexter spat out a word and flounced himself onto the sofa. He looked at Raina coldly and asked, "What do you want to talk about?" Raina was smittering with fury when she saw hoe indifferent Dexter was. "Dexter, how can you be so cold blooded? I am your mother, but you didn't do anything when that woman splashed the water on me. Look at how arrogant that woman has become!" "You asked for it!" Dexter sneered. "As a well educated individual, how dare you interfere with other people in the public? You even attacked her in front of her child! You should already consider yourself lucky that you got off with just that!" "How could you talk in such a tone
"in order to survive, she chose to marry that man. But when she was about to get married, her husband had an accident and passed away. Her child was born without a father. She had been living with this child alone. Only God knew his much she had suffered all these years. She shouldn't have needed to endure these things but because she married a coward, a cold blooded man like me, she fell yo such a state. Do you understand?." Raina, of course would never show any sympathy towards Barbara. "There's nothing we can do about the past. Won't the problem be solved if you just gave her some money?" Listening to Raina's nonchalant suggestion, Dexter smashed the tea table in front of her with his fist. "Do you think this is a problem that can be solved by money? Hun?" "So what do you want? She has already married and has a child. This is a fact that can't be undone. What else can we do except for giving her money?" Raina rebuked. "Ah, I've come up with the best solution. Marry Barbara again
Dexter parked his cat at the entrance. At the same time, Raina had also reached their house in her car. The duo went into the villa both irate. The maid Lorain bush was shocked when she saw Raina's sorry state. She asked, "what's wrong?" Raina didn't answer Loraine. She threw her purse on the sofa and hissed, "Let's talk!" "Okay!" Dexter spat out a word and flounced himself onto the sofa. He looked at Raina coldly and asked, "What do you want to talk about?" Raina was smittering with fury when she saw hoe indifferent Dexter was. "Dexter, how can you be so cold blooded? I am your mother, but you didn't do anything when that woman splashed the water on me. Look at how arrogant that woman has become!" "You asked for it!" Dexter sneered. "As a well educated individual, how dare you interfere with other people in the public? You even attacked her in front of her child! You should already consider yourself lucky that you got off with just that!" "How could you talk in such a tone!" Ra
Jeremy turned around with a grim face without saying a word and stomped off the shabby stairs of the tube shaped apartment building. He ran downstairs, turned around and went upstairs again. Then he knocked on tbe door one more time. "what blind date program is she participating in!"Thomas told him the name of the show. Jeremy went downstairs again with a dark face.He cursed indignantly on his way back. "What a heartless woman! How dare you play these tricks behind my back! Wait and see how I will punish you when you come back!"He still felt angry after that abd called David, "Do you know the blind date reality show the TV station in San Francisco is working on?""Why are you asking?" David was as busy as a bee everyday. How could he have time to pay attention to TV shows?"What do I need you for? You don't even know about a reality show!" Jeremy swore and hung up the phone.David felt so aggrieved. Mr Black was being ridiculous and unreasonable. But he had to put up with him sinc
Barbara laid in his arms, her heart filled with happiness. Over the years she had been wandering around together with Eden, only God knew how much she had suffered all this while.It was not because she was particularly strong, but because she couldn't find a reliable person to be her anchor. She was always wondering when she could finally live a stable life, when she could give Eden a father who truly loved him. Right then she finally found Jeremy who was willing to hold her tightly. She couldn't find a reason to run away and give up on him.Rowane thought that if she told Barbara that Jeremy had a fiancee, Barbara's self esteem would cause her to soon break up with Jeremy. Yet, little did she know that the situation would unfold in such a different way from what she had envisioned.Not only did Barbara and Jeremy not break up, but they it closer than before.Dexter had become more dejected when he noticed Barbara and Jeremy were getting more intimate with every passing day. He coul
When they returned to the White mansion, Britney ordered the house keeper to prepare the cash. When the kidnappers called, she would give it to them to save Barbara. When Joanne came back, she stopped Britney after getting a hold of the situation. "Grandma, don't you think this is the perfect opportunity?""Perfect opportunity for what?" Asked Britney."To get rid of Barbara " Joanne reminded her. "As long as we don't pay the ransom, the robbers will definitely get rid of her. By then, Barbara will definitely disappear. That way, you won't have to worry about Nathan anymore""What did you say?" Britney looked at Joanne in surprise as if she was a stranger. "How could you suggest something so sinister? Barbara was taken away in order to save me. Do you feel like it is the right time to discuss this?""I....I..." Joanne knew that she has misspoken. She had always acted gentle and kind. No wonder Britney was surprised when Joanne made such a suggestion.The robbers took Barbara to a hous
"Britney, of your father had an affair and then had an illegitimate daughter behind your mother's back and caused her to die, would you still acknowledge him as your father?""Of course I won't!" After Britney answered, she looked at Barbara in astonishment. "What do you mean?""If you had paid a little more attention to Steven, you would realize that Emily is the same age as me" Barbara turned to look out of the window."I see!" Britney sighed. "I have misunderstood you. I'm sorry!.""Britney, let me be frank with you. It's not that I didn't have feelings for Nathan, bur rather I understood the disparity between our worlds. I didn't have any right to like him, so I suppressed my feelings for him. Later, after you talked to me, I decided to leave. Now I don't deny that I am part of the reason why Nathan is the way he is now. I didn't choose him back then. Now, that I'm burdened with my own baggage, I can assure you that I won't hurt him. I will persuade him to find his own partner."B
Jeremy looked at Lydia in the ward in a daze and asked himself over and over again. "Jeremy, you have lived for so long. What have you done for her?" He couldn't think of anything. In his memory, it seemed that Lydia had always been the sole one sacrificing for him. He had never done anything for her! He recalled Lydia's pleading eyes that night when she said, "Joanne is a good girl. I like her very much. I hope you can like her too and get together with her!" A bitter smile appeared at the corners of Jeremy's mouth. At this moment, he finally understood what Malcom felt like back then. After all, who wouldn't feel this way when they couldn't be with the one they loved? ..... After some thoughts, Britney decided to invite Barbara out to meet at a cafe. Barbara arrived twenty minutes earlier. Meanwhile, Britney was very punctual. She arrived right on dot. This was the first time Britney was meeting Barbara again after nine years. Barbara's appearance was still the same as that of
Jeremy was smoking at the end of the corridor. The cigarette tip glowed brightly, illuminating his gloomy face. Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming from behind him. Jeremy felt a hand on his shoulder. "Jeremy, I have something to tell you" said Pedro. Jeremy modded and went to the study with him, "I know what happened yesterday. In fact, if you want to know about what happened back then, you don't have to question Lydia. you have to come to me." Jeremy didn't say anything. He just looked at Pedro quietly. "The emotional dispute between your parents and Myra was actually a tragedy caused by two rich and powerful families. Both your grandmother's were friends and they had agreed very early on that day that they wanted their children to marry each other. Later on, your grandmother was even more determined when she saw how kind and gentle your mother was. Unfortunately, she hadn't expected Malcom to fall in love with Myra in high school." Pedro paused for a while and added, "what happe
"How... How is he?" Lydia's eyes lit up."He's fine" Jeremy hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mom, do you know Myra?"Lydia's face suddenly changed. After a while, she mumbled, "Yes""How did she die?""What did Malcom say to you?" Lydia retorted with another question."He told me a bit about what happened between the two of you. He said that Myra was killed by you!""Did he say that?" Lydia's face suddenly turned ashen, her body shaking like a leaf."Mom, is what Malcom said true?" Jeremy insisted on an answer."Since he had said so, it must be true!" Lydia's face was as white as a ghost; there was a bitterness brewing in her heart.Jeremy did not expect Lydia would admit to it. He felt an unspeakable disappointment in his heart. How he wished Lydia would deny it without any hesitation and tell him that it was all Malcom's nonsense. But she didn't.The image of his kind mother who had always been humiliated by Malcom had changed in his mind. Anyone in his position would feel the sam
Malcom pushed Jeremy's hand away from his collar and roared, "Just like how you have no feelings for Joanne, I never intended to marry Lady Klein. I told her very clearly that I wouldn't marry her. I loved Myra but what did she do to me? She promised me she would let go of Mr. But behind my back, she plotted against me and set me up so that Myra would see her in my bed. Because of that, Myra broke up with me. Your mother has never been blameless in this tragedy! I became like this because of her! Do you understand?" "Bullshit!" Jeremy did not believe that his gentle mother would pull such a plot. "You can go ask Lydia whether this is all bullshit or not. After that night, she got pregnant with you, and her mother forced me to marry her. I was in so much pain after losing Myra, so I lost all rationality. I agreed to marry Lydia, but we were never in a real relationship." Malcom smiled bitterly and added, "we could have just lived peacefully like this, but she just had to push Myra ev
"How can I not be worried?" Barbara picked Eden up and went inside. She was his mother and they shared an unbreakable bond. After all, Eden was her flesh and blood. At such a young age he had to endure the torment of such an illness. How could she not stay put and sit idly? She even hoped to be the one who was ill instead of Eden. Barbara's arrival made Eden very happy. The room was echoing with laugher. Barbara had forgotten all her fatigue. She played building blocks with Eden. Nathan joined as well. The three of them sat on the carpet and had a whale of a time. Suddenly, Nathan's phone rang. He picked it up and heard Joanne's voice. "Nathan, grandma asked you to come home for dinner" "I'm not free" Nathan answered while he reached out to place the blocks. Joanne turned on the loudspeaker mode on her phone. Britney heard Nathan's answer and gestured for Joanne to continue to persuade him. Suddenly, Britney and Joanne heard a childish voice from from the receivers end. "Nathan, thi
Dexter did not reply to John. His engagement with Emily was unrelated to the quarrel between Barbara and Raina but was because Barbara had said that she would never go back to him again. She said she despised him. Besides, Emily could not conceive and with that in mind, he found her together with Barbara, he ended up making this decision. Dexter's eyes darkened. "Have you found out the identity of the person who abducted the child?" "No, the hospital's surveillance video was blurry and the man wore a mask, therefore his face was not apparent at all," John replied. That was a premeditated act! Except for Raina who wanted Barbara to disappear, who else would want her gone? "It's definitely not madam Raina's order. I checked her call records and could not find any clues that she was linked to the incident." Added John. Dexter believed that it was not Raina who took Eden away from the hospital. Although Raina could be quiet unreasonable and snobbish she would not do such a vicious thi
Dexter planned to search for the disobedient woman. He had informed her very clearly that the contract the previous night would take effect immediately. Since she was now bound to him and was his secret lover, she must act like one!Dexter drove the car to Jeremy's company and called Barbara again. The phone line was still busy. Dexter hung it up, and after a few minutes he called again. The result was still the same. At that time, Dexter felt that something was wrong. Did she blacklist him?If Barbara had blacklisted him, there was no way he could reach her by phone. Yet, he couldn't enter Jeremy's company to catch her. He was so furious that he punched the steering wheel..the anger in his heart dissipated a little. He lit a cigarette and forced himself to calm down. He knew how stubborn Barbara was. It was reasonable that she did not cooperate with him as she was humiliated by him the previous night.Well then, he had to think of a way to make her give in to him.After Barbara left